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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Lucky Len,</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Wow! Congratulations on your miles of smiles! Are all the miles under your ownership?</p><p class=MsoNormal>High mileage Healeys are their own reward in my world. A trophy to you! This is what it is all about, DRIVING.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>WD 67 BJ8</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>PS: Thought my tach deserved a pro rebuild because the needle spent so much time zipping from 0 to redline the paint was bleeding off.</p><p class=MsoNormal>I don’t do that anymore.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from <a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986">Mail</a> for Windows 10</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:thehartnetts@earthlink.net">Len and/or Marge Hartnett</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Friday, November 27, 2020 4:58 PM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">AH Mail List</a><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [Healeys] Tach rebuild</p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Considering all the different responses to the "Tach rebuild" question from </p><p class=MsoNormal>John, it's like asking, "what's the best....". Everyone has their own </p><p class=MsoNormal>experiences. I guess I was one of the lucky ones. I installed my Pertronix </p><p class=MsoNormal>in July of 2000. There was no effect on the tachometer. In June of 2004, </p><p class=MsoNormal>my tach started reading incorrectly. Based upon an article by Frank </p><p class=MsoNormal>Filangeri (source unknown), "BJ8 Tachometer Reads High", I swapped out the </p><p class=MsoNormal>capacitor marked ".2 uf" drilled a hole in the back of the case to access </p><p class=MsoNormal>the adjustable pot on the back of the circuit board, and after reinstalling </p><p class=MsoNormal>the tach in the dashboard, calibrated it to match an external tachometer. </p><p class=MsoNormal>It has been running accurately ever since.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Lucky Len</p><p class=MsoNormal>(The Other) Len</p><p class=MsoNormal>Fairfield, CA, USA</p><p class=MsoNormal>1967 AH 3000 MkIII, HBJ8L39031</p><p class=MsoNormal> 221,444 miles</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>----- Original Message ----- </p><p class=MsoNormal>From: "John OBrien" <banjojohn@cox.net></p><p class=MsoNormal>To: "Healeys" <healeys@autox.team.net></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2020 12:23 PM</p><p class=MsoNormal>Subject: [Healeys] Tach rebuild</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> Hi Listers:</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> The tach on my BJ8 does not show the correct RPMs. On a cool morning it </p><p class=MsoNormal>> shows what I believe is fairly close to the right numbers, but as the car </p><p class=MsoNormal>> warm, or the day warms, it reads higher and higher for the same speed. I </p><p class=MsoNormal>> know it is not the clutch slipping. I saw some articles in Healey Marque </p><p class=MsoNormal>> magazine showing how to rebuild and test them, but it requires a </p><p class=MsoNormal>> oscilloscope and some other specialized equipment I don't have, so I'm </p><p class=MsoNormal>> wondering if you guys have a recommendation for someone that might rebuild </p><p class=MsoNormal>> them.</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> I imagine there is also some info in the archives, but my antivirus </p><p class=MsoNormal>> software flags the archive site as a malicious website and doesn't want to </p><p class=MsoNormal>> let me access it.</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> Thanks for any info.</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> John O'Brien</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> '61 bugeye (Lucy)</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> '65 BJ8 (Madelyn)</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> _______________________________________________</p><p class=MsoNormal>> Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html</p><p class=MsoNormal>> Suggested annual donation $12.75</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys </p><p class=MsoNormal>> http://autox.team.net/archive</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> Healeys@autox.team.net</p><p class=MsoNormal>> http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> Unsubscribe/Manage: </p><p class=MsoNormal>> http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/thehartnetts@earthlink.net</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> </p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________</p><p class=MsoNormal>Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html</p><p class=MsoNormal>Suggested annual donation $12.75</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys http://autox.team.net/archive</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Healeys@autox.team.net</p><p class=MsoNormal>http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Unsubscribe/Manage: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/flyhihealey@gmail.com</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>